25 Grimichael Ba (1/2)

The overall features allowed Dean to have a rough guess of what beast this was.

A Grimichael Bat.

The main features were their alluring colors on their body and large body mass. Averaging around the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment to Core Refiner they were a tough foe that used their supreme agile skill to kill enemies.

Their sharp talons were meant to penetrate the human body and once dead, slash the corpse in half before proceeding to devour.

First was the brain, heart and then the liver before detaching the head and limbs to be reserved for their children. If they had no children then they would use it as a gift to any female interests.

Combined with their agile body and deadly attacks, they were natural born assassins. One con for that profession would be their large body and low cultivation.

But that was their only flaw!

Dean sighed at the difficulty he would have to face when trying to kill this beast.

A flick of his finger would be enough to harm this creature but if he wanted to have better control and make a profit off the animal's hide then he would have to kill it in an instant.

Picking up a sharp twig, Dean faced the bat to see what its next move was however it was already in front of him.

Dodging to the side, the Grimichael Bat was stuck into the tree due to the immense force it held but that fact caused Dean to realize another factor.

He couldn't be too loud!

When he was by himself there was no other person to worry about, so he was considered free but Leonard was currently sleeping and if he woke him up over something this small then it would bite back in the future.

The battle had to be quick and his kill must be done in one hit.

Calculating the angle of the attack the Grimichael Bat posed, allowed Dean to predict his next action.

Positioning himself towards an area with multiple tree branches allowed him to dodge to the side when the Grimichael Bat took his bait.

Its talons were the first to strike an enemy before its body's weight would soon follow up.

Dean took this chance to imbue the branch he held with Battle Intent and strike the navel of the bat.

The wood traveled through the neck into the skull before exiting the head.

The glimmering essence of life escaped from the Grimichael Bat before its body slumped onto the ground after falling from the tree.

Looking around, there was nobody that was attracted by the noise allowing Dean to drag the carcass to the bonfire before carving it.

”Hmmm... where's the knife?”

It was unfortunate for Dean as Leonard kept a small blade inside his [Space Ring] that could've allowed him to prepare breakfast but he was left with a stick.

”I guess it'll do”

....

A stripe of light shone itself atop Leonard's eyes causing him to grumble out of his slumber

”Yaaawn”

Rubbing his eyes he walked out of his makeshift shack and looked for Dean.

The crackling fire grabbed his attention as he realized there was a bundle of meat surrounding the fire with a strong fragrance.

Dean patted to a wooden log next to him

”Come, let's eat breakfast.”

Leonard nodded and grabbed his seat before he started his feast.

The wings of the bat were the first to be roasted as they were the largest meat part from the Grimichael Bat.

They were marinated in a sweet soy sauce base that wafted around their campsite.

A soft yet crunchy webbing and a tough meat around the arms. Enjoying the moment of savoring the food, Leonard searched around to see what exactly had happened while he was asleep.

Two different trees had multiple piercings around the thickest branches and there was a small clearing around one of the trees.

To the side of the meat that Dean collected was other materials. He had most likely taken them out from his space storing object otherwise the meat would start rotting.

One pile was full of the precious parts of the beast that were probably reserved for Leonard's alchemy experiments even though the Grimichael Bat's Beast Core was a Core Refiner.

The bottom was the scaly hide of the bat and atop were some of the more precious internal organs such as the heart, liver, eyes and at the very top was the Beast Core.

In the distance was unusable meat that Dean would prefer not to eat such as the intestines.

Finishing off the bat wing with a bite, Leonard scanned the area once more and saw a uniformed collection of glass jars off to the side of the intestines.

Inside the jars was a red liquid that was probably the blood of the Grimichael Bat, the only problem was that the jar seemed all too familiar to Leonard.

”...Is that?”

Dean seeing where Leonard was pointing nodded

”I didn't have any bottles with me except for water so I had to make due.”

Leonard ran to the bottles as he grabbed them before sulking